Director, Tengfei Luo

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering

Education:

• 2005 B.S. Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• 2009 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University
• 2009-2011 Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professional Experience:

• Dorini Family Professor for Energy Studies, University of Notre Dame (2022-present) 
  Faculty Fellow, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, University of Notre Dame (2022-)
  Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2020-)
  Concurrent Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2020-)
  Associate Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2017-2020)
  Concurrent Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2017-2020)
  Dorini Family Collegiate Chair in Energy Studies, University of Notre Dame (2016-2020) 
  Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2012-2017)

Honors and Awards:

• Joyce Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2020)
  Advances in Heat Transfer Award, ASME Society-Wide Micro/Nano Technology Forum (2019)
  ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Fellow (2019)
  Best Poster Nomination, MRS Spring Meeting (2019)
  JSPS (Japan Society for the Promoting Science) Invitational Fellowship (2019) 
  DuPont Young Professor Award (2016)
  Best Paper Award, Society-Wide Micro and Nanotechnology Forum, ASME IMECE (2015) 
  DARPA Young Faculty Award (2015)
  Summer Faculty Fellowship, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (2015)
  Special recognition in GE/Aramco Desalination Challenge (2014) 
  ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award (2013)
  Honorable mention, best poster awards, Society-Wide Micro/Nanotechnology forum, IMECE, ASME (2011) 

Professional Memberships:

• Member, American Chemical Society (2016-present)
  Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2016-present)
  Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2009-present)
  Member, American Physical Society (2019-present)
  Member, Materials Research Society (2009-2014, 2019-present)